Census Bureau to participate in upcoming ‘Hackathon’
October 7, 2016
The U.S. Census Bureau announced Thursday its participation in the upcoming two-day Hackathon, slated for Oct. 8-9, to share with participants how its statistics systems work.
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New online tool provides access to P.R. banking statistics
August 25, 2016
Business consulting firm Vision-to-Action (V2A) announced Wednesday the launching of the largest and most comprehensive database of the banking industry in Puerto Rico.
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Cost of living in SJ metro area 11.6% higher than U.S.
June 20, 2016
Living in the Metropolitan Statistical Area of San Juan-Carolina-Caguas is 11.6 percent higher than the average for other metropolitan areas of the United States mainland, the most recent data revealed by the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute confirmed.
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Gov’t adopts tool to track airport passenger, cargo traffic
June 1, 2016
Looking to ease the analysis of activity taking place in Puerto Rico airports to support the tourism and aviation industries, as well as track migration patterns, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute unveiled the “Aviation Intelligence” online tool.
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P.R. Statistics Institute launches transparency website
May 5, 2016
Signaling its commitment to transparency, the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics today presented www.transparenciafinanciera.pr, a website through which citizens can obtain a total breakdown of the agency’s transactions since it began operations.
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Statistics Institute unveils website of P.R. key indicators
December 18, 2015
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute unveiled Thursday the Puerto Rico Indicators System, a new online tool developed by the government entity to provide access to the island’s most important statistical indicators through a single platform.
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Institute of Statistics takes over Data.PR.gov initiative
July 27, 2015
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics has begun taking over the job of maintaining and developing the government’s technology initiative to open and disclose its data known as Data.PR.gov.
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Statistics Institute to conduct census, survey tasks in P.R.
January 29, 2015
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute will be taking over the task of conducting census and survey activities in Puerto Rico, following the signing of an agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Commerce, the local agency's Executive Director Mario Marazzi said Wednesday.
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Statistics Institute opens call for science & tech. survey
May 5, 2014
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute is calling all entities involved in research and development activities to participate in the Science and Technology Research and Development Survey, which provides for the collection of data on R&D resources earmarked for the island, a key indicator of the knowledge economy, agency Executive Director Mario Marazzi said.
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Planning Board overhauling economic analysis methods
May 1, 2014
The Puerto Rico Planning Board is working on an integrated plan to streamline and update the process of gathering, analyzing and releasing statistics, seeking to strengthen the numbers available for the island’s economic activities, agency President Luis García-Pelatti said Wednesday.
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Pan American Health Org. helps craft mental health stats
April 7, 2014
The Pan American Health Organization and the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute are working together to enable the island to produce comparable statistics about the mental health system based on World Health Organization Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems parameters, known as WHO-AIMS.
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UNESCO to help Puerto Rico generate education stats
April 1, 2014
Representatives from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization are visiting Puerto Rico this week to provide technical assistance to help island officials produce statistics on education funding and expenses that are standardized and comparable with those of other countries and jurisdictions.
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Puerto Rico jobless rate at 15.2% in Jan., up slightly YOY
March 18, 2014
Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate reached 15.2 percent in January, up slightly from the 14.6 percent on record for the same month in 2013, but down marginally from the 15.4 percent the Department of Labor and Human Resources confirmed for December 2013.
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Puerto Rico labor survey methods to undergo overhaul
February 21, 2014
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute announced Thursday a series of changes to the methodology used to create Puerto Rico’s labor surveys, to align them with what is done and is available stateside and in most developed countries, officials for both agencies said.
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Puerto Rico’s 1st official Human Dev. Report underway
November 18, 2013
Puerto Rico government officials announced the start of the process to prepare the island’s first official Human Development Report, to be based on the methodology that the United Nations Program for Development has been using since 1992.
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